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2013 Annual Releases 2013 ANNUAL RELEASES 1983 and 1984 files – Highlights List A full list of the files will be available Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................... 3 1983/84 Highlighted Files .................................................................... 5 Central Secretariat ........................................................................... 5 Department of Economic Development ............................................ 9 Department of Finance & Personnel ............................................... 11 Department of Education ................................................................ 12 Department of Environment ............................................................ 13 Department of Health & Social Services ......................................... 15 Northern Ireland Office ................................................................... 18 1983/1984 Highlighted Files Introduction The annual release of selected official files continues against a background of greater public access through the Freedom of Information Act balanced against the need to protect personal information. The FOI Act (2000) created a new access to information regime and all records were reviewed in accordance with both that Act and the Data Protection Act. The files are being released under the 30/20 Year Rule. Annually since 1976, official records held by PRONI which were 30 years old have been reviewed with a view to making them publicly available (“the 30 year rule). In September 2011, the Assembly accepted a Legislative Consent Motion to reduce the time limit for release from 30 years to 20 years (“the 20 year Rule”). This is underpinned by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the amendments made to it by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The 20 year rule is being phased in over 10 years, with two years worth of records being reviewed and released each year by PRONI and NI Departments. This is the first year of the phasing-in period; records of the NI Departments and the NIO with terminal dates of 1983 and 1984 have been brought forward for review and release in December 2013. This involves the referral of the files to the Responsible Authority for sensitivity review. This entails a page by page examination to ensure that a record contains nothing sensitive as defined by the FOI Act and DP Act. Records Released 1,047 files being deemed as suitable for release as “fully open”. A further 366 files are open but subject to redaction or partial closure of some content. The main file series being released includes Central Secretariat and Northern Ireland Office files. Some of the main issues covered by the 1983-84 release include: • The 1983 Maze escape • Political developments • Work of the NI Assembly 3 1983/1984 Highlighted Files • Cold War era nuclear attack (‘emergency survival’) planning • Child abuse allegations, the 1984 Committee of Inquiry into Children’s Homes and Hostels (including Kincora, Rubane, and the repercussions from the Hughes and Sheridan Reports) • Fluoridation of the water supply • Issues concerning Travellers Camps • Development schemes for areas of urgent need, such as Poleglass, Belfast • Vietnamese refugees • Security and policing • Research into poverty and social deprivation • Work to support victims of domestic abuse • Alcoholic / solvent abuse and attempts to reduce the problem • Anglo-Irish economic cooperation (including cross border industrial and tourism initiatives) • Possible merger between the Ulster of University and Ulster Polytechnic • Religious education in Secondary schools • Irish speaking schools • Approaches by Sinn Fein to UK Government, to gain access to prisoners • Repercussions following the Special Category Status Hunger Strikes • International Red Cross meetings regarding prisoners conditions • Use of Irish Language / literature in NI Prisons • ‘Converted’ prisoners (Supergrass) Records may be closed either fully or in part only. Partial closure involves the removal of a limited number of papers from the file that have been deemed as exempt from the right to know under FOI. To facilitate the release of as much information as possible, redaction can be used to blank out sensitive data within individual documents that would otherwise prevent release. All information which is withheld in the manner outlined above, however, must be retained in accordance with the exemptions contained within the FOI Act. In the majority of cases, the reason for extended closure was the application of section 40 – the personal information exemption – of the FOI Act. This means that personal information is exempt from the right to know if it would breach the Data Protection principles. 4 1983/1984 Highlighted Files 1983/84 Highlighted Files Central Secretariat CENT/1/11/14A 1982-1983 Kincora File details the work of the Committee of Inquiry into Children’s Homes and Hostels CENT/1/11/56 1982-1983 Anglo-Irish Economic Co-operation – Kinsale – Gas Pipeline File details the ongoing debate about the supply of Irish gas to Northern Ireland. CENT/1/12/19 1983-1983 Political Developments – May 1983 Detailed papers on the subject of Northern Ireland’s future and constitution. Includes Secretary of State’s visit to Dublin, including his rejection of allegations (apparently from an individual in the NI Housing Executive) that UK Government sought to ‘seek to favour Sinn Fein.’ CENT/1/12/2A 1983-1983 Political Developments – January 1983 Detailed papers on the subject of Northern Ireland’s future and constitution. Includes information on the opinion of various sections of Catholics in Northern Ireland society, and UK Government ‘action against Sinn Fein.’ CENT/1/12/24 1983-1983 Constitutional Developments – June 1983 Detailed papers on the subject of Northern Ireland’s future and constitution. Includes detailed overview of NI politics, and assessment of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. 5 1983/1984 Highlighted Files CENT/1/12/27A 1983-1983 Briefing Material for Incoming Secretary of State and Ministers – 1983 Large file, holding detailed papers on the subject of Northern Ireland’s future and constitution. Includes Firs t Day Briefs for incoming Minister of State, on a wide variety of NI issues, from economy to security. CENT/1/12/31 1983-1983 Capital Punishment Brief document from Irish Ambassador to Secretary of State for NI James Prior, outlining Irish concerns at UK Government reconsideration of the Death Penalty. CENT/1/12/32 1983-1983 Approaches to Government by Sinn Fein [Members of Parliament and Assemblymen and Sinn Fein Offices] Refers to UK Government policy on communicating with various Sinn Fein members, at Westminster and in the media. CENT/1/12/33 1983-1983 Constitutional Developments – August 1983 Detailed papers on the subject of Northern Ireland’s future and constitution. Includes background on the ‘Loyalist Ethos’ and the ‘Nationalist Aspiration’ CENT/1/12/41 1983-1983 Father Brady Report Details the UK Government response to Father Brady’s study on discrimination against Catholics, and shows that London largely rejected the report ‘in view of its emotive language and scant statistical base...’ 6 1983/1984 Highlighted Files CENT/1/12/51 1983-1983 Anglo-Irish Papers 1983/84 Includes: a report from HM Ambassador to Dublin on his first impressions from the Republic of Ireland, 13 Dec. 1983; and papers relating to the Anglo-Irish summit in November 1983. CENT/1/13/35A 1983-1984 Sinn Fein – Contacts Contains detailed guidelines and protocols for UK Government receiving communication from Sinn Fein Members of Parliament or Assemblymen (‘should be brief and formal, avoiding any appearances of friendliness...’). Includes correspondence between Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Jim Prior and Secretary of State Leon Brittan regarding Government attempts to prevent Gerry Adams visiting prisons in his capacity as an MP, and how to communicate with him (‘there is some advantage in keeping replies to Mr Adams as brief and dismissive as possible..’). CENT/1/13/31 1984-1984 Visits – Noraid Visitors to N.I. (Northern Ireland) Contains limited papers on the delegation led by Martin Galvin of Noraid, and UK Government views on the American supporters of Irish Republicanism. CENT/1/13/30A 1984-1984 Political Developments July 1984 Detailed papers on the subject of Northern Ireland’s future and constitution. Includes interesting restricted briefing papers on local politicians and ‘Notes for Record’, including one created by a UK Government official (written for the attention of the Secretary of State), gleaned after private discussions whilst travelling with John Hume between Heathrow and central London (same briefing document also includes the opinions of Martin Smyth and Ken Maginnis). 7 1983/1984 Highlighted Files CENT/1/13/23 1984-1984 Security Arrangements for Travellers Between G.B. (Great Britain) and N.I. (Northern Ireland) Contains comparative details of airport security in mid 1980s. CENT/1/13/16 1983-1984 Security: Review December 1983 / January 1984 Covers detailed intelligence based briefings and reports on the overall security picture in Northern Ireland, and shows how UK Government was considering trying to further restrict Sinn Fein constitutional activities, taking legal action against Sinn Fein leadership, controlling the media and proscribing the organisation. Also details cross border security forces cooperation. CENT/1/13/50 1984-1984 Possible Changes in local government Comprises papers from senior officials
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